Unload Your Guests

City itineraries for four types of out-of-towners.

(Photo: Marthe Lawrence/Courtesy of the Gershwin; Courtesy of the Hotels (Remaining))

For Brooklyn Fans

Stay Here: The Nu Hotel(85 Smith St., nr. Atlantic Ave., Boerum Hill; 718-852-8585), one of Brooklyn’s first boutique inns. Rooms have funky touches like hammocks and bathroom chalkboards, and the restaurant- and shop-jammed section of Smith Street is just a short walk away. The hotel even offers loaner bikes. Block rates average about $199; couples can book 10 to 30 rooms.

Stay Here: The Ace Hotel(20 W. 29th St., nr. Broadway; 212-679-2222), whose lobby bar can easily double as a post-reception party. Ground-floor stores include outposts of downtown stalwarts No. 8 and Opening Ceremony. Rooms, decked out with turntables and original art, start at $300, though bunk-bed setups are available from $199. Blocks of ten rooms or more receive discounts.

Do This: Danny Meyer’s barbecue joint Blue Smoke(116 E. 27th St., nr. Park Ave. South; 212-447-7733) can fit eleven to sixteen people at a table; the semi-private balcony, meanwhile, seats up to 34 (from $30 a head). At the Peoples Improv Theater(123 E. 24th St., nr. Park Ave. South; 212-563-7488), fans of SNL will get a kick out of sketch-comedy group Harvard Sailing Team, which performs Friday nights at 9:30. Buying ten or more tickets lowers the price from $10 to $8 a pop.